I need to acknowledge a neat surprise that showed up on my doorstep several days weeks over a month ago. Ebeanstalk sent out a number of baby toys and toys for 1 year olds to toy experts (like me!) for review. This helps ebeanstalk select great learning toys. They sent Maddie a shape puzzle from Melissa & Doug who make lots of wooden toys. We are big fans of Melissa & Doug at our house so this puzzle will be well loved for many years if previous Melissa and Doug products are any indication. Ebeanstalk has a great concept of having all of their toys reviewed by experts who pick what age they are perfect for and their website is easy to use to get a great toy. Everything in the 1 year old group is something I think Maddie would love to play with.
As you can see, Maddie really enjoys playing with the puzzle. If Hudson gets it out, as soon as she notices it on the floor, she's pushing him out of the way to get to it. All five pieces have knobs that won't impale your feet if you step on them in the middle of the night. I think that also means they're easy for little hands to grab, but my feet are also appreciative. The puzzle is house shaped with five shapes. The color of the piece is on the back of the puzzle so it also helps kids match up the colors. Our sun, while a circle, will only go in if it has the words at the top, but all of the other pieces fit any way in their holes without any trouble. It's bright colorful and fun. I don't think I could ask for anything else in a puzzle.
That's her "Stop interrupting my puzzle playing time with your dumb camera, Momma!" face.
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If you haven't noticed (or if you don't really care, just comment on my cute baby), I'm not really doing any reviews anymore at Want to Know What I Think. I've run out of time to do basically everything, including blogging. So this will be the last and only review that I'll be subjecting you to. Maddie turned one, so I'm going to be talking about that next time. Which won't be a month away or anything. Pinky Swear.
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